Now that I've got the first hub work done, I need to concentrate on finishing the spindle. I removed it and finished welding it. Ground down the extra welds, and have applied a coating of JB Weld to being the smoothing out, process. I will follow up with body filler as necessary to complete the task...

ps - i love atomic zombie and if you know their leadership and they require some help with their infrastructure, let me know. Thank you for the offer. I 'think' they've got it under control for now. It's still going through some rebuild bugs, but generally, it's a working site. A link for anyone no...

I'm just a newbie here, I know nothing about running a website so I can't offer much in the way of solutions. However, I've been a member of AtomicZombie.com since 2012. AZ has been around for over 20 years. The site is managed by just a husband and wife team. They/we 'just' went through this closin...

Rolling Right Along - Sorta! I just did a wheelie - Nah not really. But I have been working on making new hubs. DSCN4643.JPG I got it laced up first go....lucky me! So I'm really pleased. I changed the diameter of the outside flange from 2 3/4" to 3 " Also increased the spacing between the flanges b...

Sure NZ is a long way, but Hayes was born ( one of ten !) and trained in the UK before he emigrated to NZ in 1881 . ....So , you never know ? :wink: Boy !...that would be one hell off a coincidence if there was a ancestral link . My grandmother did our genealogy on my mothers side, dating us back t...

This Hayes was N Zealand based (South island , Otago regeon) and a pioneer engineering genius in the 19th century. His practical inventions .. wire strainers . Post extractors, couplings , hoists, etc etc ,..helped develop the industry in NZ. He also designed and built one of the first Hydro power ...

Those are some pretty interesting rims there. Never seen anything like that. Do you use a single inner tube? Yeah, not much clearance for the caliper. I guess you'll find out when they arrive. If the disks were a little bigger than the inner spoke flange, it would give you a lot more clearance. I'v...

Two Feet Forward-One Foot Back Found out that my hub is not weldable...at least not by me. So that means I will have to fabricate new hubs. That also means choosing spokes that will fit. The first problem to overcome was the size of the inner flange. The first mock-up flange was 3 1/4" so was small...

It's Coming... :D No, It's Not... :( My brake kit was 'scheduled' to be here yesterday. (by the end of the day) FedEx changed the delivery date to 'pending'. Thought maybe it would come, USPS (Sunday package delivery) but not yet. Well, it didn't show. What is becoming a trend regarding everything ...

Update to today's progress. Too windy today, for any grinding/cutting or welding outside. Hope to get started in the morning. And I just got an email that my brakes are on the way. Amberwolf Yes, on the red and tan/beige or a similar combo. I can't wait till I get to that part. https://edsf27gy7b-2...

I can't believe how time flies. How come the time machine was so much slower when I was working, 12 to 18 hours a day. Now that I'm retired, I've slowed down, but the time, it's on... warp speed ? At this rate, I'll be in my grave before I get this completed. Better finish this post while I still ha...

I've been noticing that burned-out feeling a lot lately and my projects are far less ambitious. I think it has to do with being locked down from the virus for so long. But I do feel better whenever I complete something. Once your brakes show up, you'll be on the verge of that first test drive. Look...

Haven't heard from you for awhile. How is the build going? Being quite honest, I have run into a bit of 'burn-out'. I got the brackets made for holding the exhaust pipes and ran out of steam. I'm also dealing with a slight flare-up of my 'achy breaky' feet. So between home/yard maintenance and stan...

Not sure that you need to go this route but when I couldn't find a sprocket I needed, I found this supplier in the UK. https://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/login.php They were able to make them up and get them to me fairly quickly. I needed a 3/4" shaft x 24 tooth for a T8F chain. I bought two. The qua...

Whatever it takes, to purchase some brakes. I've found only four suppliers that offer the brake kit I'm interested in. One is 'in stock' but priced way to high, and won't come down. One is ' out of stock' but priced 'OK' and requires a (pre-order) for a May 28 shipping date. ETA by June 4. Two are '...

I ventured out into the deadly virus world yesterday, (mask and all), to get my welding tank refilled. It is considered 'essential' because there will be no welding without it. And I'm not going back to 'flux-core'. There were 5 employees there and I was the only one wearing a mask. All millennials....

While I contemplate how and what to do about the brake issue, I started working on something that's been needing to get done for a long while. Both suppliers of the same brake kit are 'Out-of-Stock'. No time when they will be in stock again. So in the meantime, I needed to get the exhaust pipe suppo...

Hey Ed, Putting a bathroom scale under each tire and adding the results will give you a pretty close weight. If you want a more exact weight, put a spacer the same thickness as the scale under the other 3 wheels. That's what we used to do when setting up cars and karts for the track. I put the car ...

Taking a closer look at the rear caliper, it looks like there is a cable connection. If the rear caliper is dual functioning, i.e. hydraulic and cable, that would solve the hand/parking brake situation. It doesn't say anything in the description about being cable operated. But the connection is defi...

Hey Ed, Putting a bathroom scale under each tire and adding the results will give you a pretty close weight. If you want a more exact weight, put a spacer the same thickness as the scale under the other 3 wheels. That's what we used to do when setting up cars and karts for the track. Your project i...

Ok, we've got it so we can roll it. We've got it so we can steer it. Now we've gotta ...STOP IT! This part being the most important safety-wise, I need to get it right. I want to stay with hydraulics. Bicycle brakes IMO won't really be correct for this project. So I'm looking at go-kart, golf cart,...

Today was shop cleaning day. I got the steering done and decided it was time to clean things up. Put some air in the tires, and mounted the rears back on. I am really pleased with how easy the steering works. Even just sitting, and not rolling, you can turn the wheels with just one finger. I was abl...

Here's what I have come up with...for now. Why do I have all these? I have no idea! DSCN4479.JPG The seat post clamps were way too big as was the below style. DSCN4480.JPG Then I remembered I had these clamps that will be used to hold the attachments to the windshield frame. DSCN4484.JPG It seems to...

While lulling myself to sleep last night I was thinking that my horseshoe idea would work with one exception.
It wouldn't be adjustable, therefore the SW could end up off-center.
I can't have that, so today I will explore the other ideas.